One suggestion leads to the creation of a whole new world of comedy.
Tickets: $8 at the door
Everybody who attends will get a chance to perform. Put your name in the bucket and get randomly assigned to a group. Featuring players of all experience levels.
Great for students, beginners, and veterans! Free to attend and participate.
Experience a completely improvised musical comedy show. Watch and listen as the cast of Broken Records makes up songs on the spot with live accompaniment, based on suggestions from you, the audience.
Tickets: $9 at the door
Join Hush Hush for a special comedy show full of deep laughs and true revelations. Each show, audience members add their anonymous confessions into our bucket of truth. Our cast of improv all-stars read those aloud and turn one person's wild shame into everyone's party.
Tickets: $9 at the door
It’s an improvised musical for kids!
A made-up story with songs, all inspired by your suggestions.
Fun for ALL ages - no, seriously.
Help us create the world with your drawings and suggestions.
Tickets at the door: $8 per audience member age 15 and under; $5 per adult
A cast of current Mettlesome students and House Team members are chosen at random to perform a night of improv comedy. Hosted by Lotto Master Meredith Biechele.
Tickets: $8 at the door
Come ready to this reading series from Durham’s own Bull City Press for engaging poetry, fiction, and nonfiction from established and emerging writers.
Admission: Free!
The talented cast of Show and Tell will weave true stories into comedic gold, live on stage for one night only.
Tickets: $9 at the door
One location. A world of comedy.
The cast of Golden Age will showcase a whole world of characters all based on your suggestions.
Tickets: $9 at the door
Everybody who attends will get a chance to perform. Put your name in the bucket and get randomly assigned to a group. Featuring players of all experience levels.
Great for students, beginners, and veterans! Free to attend and participate.
Calling all Bravo fans! Come see an improv comedy variety hour featuring some of reality TV’s most iconic scenes and divas.
Tickets: $8 at the door
Join Hush Hush for a special comedy show full of deep laughs and true revelations. Each show, audience members add their anonymous confessions into our bucket of truth. Our cast of improv all-stars read those aloud and turn one person's wild shame into everyone's party.
Tickets: $9 at the door
This class show is the culmination of a six-week improv comedy deep dive. Come out and support the graduates of Mettlesome Instructors Mandy Benter’s and Marisa Escolar’s Improv 101: Intro to Improv class!
Tickets: $7 at the door
This class show is the culmination of a six-week improv comedy deep dive. Come out and support the graduates of Mettlesome Instructor Kelly Hoover’s Improv 101: Intro to Improv class!
Tickets: $7 at the door
A show with high charisma.
Watch a live-play Dungeons & Dragons show with dice-rolling and improvised storytelling! Costumed improvisers role-play as recurring characters in a unique story prepared by the Dungeon Master. Audience participation (and a giant D20 dice) helps determine the fate of our bumbling heroes.
Tickets: $9 at the door
Durham favorite GIANT ROBOT FIGHT CLUB brings their epic battles to the Mettlesome stage.
Tickets available via Eventbrite and at the door: $15 regular seating / $30 ringside seating
This class show is the culmination of a seven-week improv comedy deep dive. Come out and support the graduates of Mettlesome Instructor Joe Dawson’s Improv 201: Game of the Scene class!
Tickets: $7 at the door
This class show is the culmination of a seven-week improv comedy deep dive. Come out and support the graduates of Mettlesome Instructors Charles Givens’ and Ross White’s Improv 301: Improv Longform class!
Tickets: $7 at the door
This class show is the culmination of a seven-week improv comedy deep dive. Come out and support the graduates of Mettlesome Instructor Craig Carter’s Improv 401: The Harold class!
Tickets: $7 at the door
Durham favorite GIANT ROBOT FIGHT CLUB brings their epic battles to the Mettlesome stage.
Tickets available via Eventbrite and at the door: $15 regular seating / $30 ringside seating
A show with high charisma at the Durham County Main Library.
Watch a live-play Dungeons & Dragons show with dice-rolling and improvised storytelling! Costumed improvisers role-play as recurring characters in a unique story prepared by the Dungeon Master. Audience participation (and a giant D20 dice) helps determine the fate of our bumbling heroes.
This show is the culmination of a seven-week sketch comedy deep dive from Mettlesome Instructors Megan Myers’ and Tristan Yonce’s Sketch 201: The Writers’ Room class. Come see the graduates show off their comedic sketches!
Tickets at the door: $7
Durham favorite GIANT ROBOT FIGHT CLUB brings their epic battles to the Mettlesome stage.
Tickets available via Eventbrite and at the door: $15 regular seating / $30 ringside seating
This show explores the joy of embracing all parts of your identity while navigating the pain of not feeling seen.
TUESDAYS.
Learn how to perform a fully improvised musical comedy, making up scenes and songs on the spot with live accompaniment.
Celebrate Mettlesome's 10th Anniversary with a very special workshop with Connor Ratliff!
Celebrate Mettlesome's 10th Anniversary with a very special workshop with Connor Ratliff!
MONDAYS.
Building on the skills of 301’s game-driven longform, this class introduces students to openings and group games as key components of the Harold structure, a cornerstone improv form.
TUESDAYS
Continued exploration of writing sketch comedy. Learn additional common sketch structures, and workshop sketches weekly.
TUESDAYS
Create characters and worlds that combine to form a unified 25-minute longform improv piece.
WEDNESDAYS.
Learn the core concepts of longform comedic improv. Students will cover scene-work mechanics and heightening the game of the scene.
WEDNESDAYS
Learn how to write specifically for the stage—taking advantage of and working within the constraints of an in-person, live show.
THURSDAYS
Learn the core concepts of longform comedic improv. Students will cover scene-work mechanics and heightening the game of the scene.
Celebrate Mettlesome's 10th Anniversary with a very special workshop with Yoni Lotan of Duchovny!
Celebrate Mettlesome's 10th Anniversary with a very special workshop with Akmal Tajihan of Duchovny!
Celebrate Mettlesome's 10th Anniversary with a very special workshop with Lou Gonzalez Jr. of Duchovny!
New classes for Improv and Sketch Comedy will start in early October.
Class registration will open by early September!
Stay posted.
Learn about joke structure, writing tools, and elements of performance in this standup comedy workshop.
Mettlesome strives to make our performances, classes, facilities, and website accessible to all people. If you have questions, need assistance, or require any accommodations, please email us at ops@thisismettlesome.com. In addition, please feel free to approach any staff member during your visit for support. We are here to help.
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